Comments on: Panic Where Panic Isn’t Due http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: The Mahablog » America the Unready http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-215072 Tue, 08 May 2007 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-215072 [...] Righties — supporters of the Iraq War — can come unglued over an exploding backpack and homemade cherry bombs, but they can’t grasp the importance of disaster response. A Government Accountability Office report in January found that of 300 types of equipment needed in natural disasters, the Guard had fewer in all categories than it did in 2001, before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. [...] […] Righties — supporters of the Iraq War — can come unglued over an exploding backpack and homemade cherry bombs, but they can’t grasp the importance of disaster response. A Government Accountability Office report in January found that of 300 types of equipment needed in natural disasters, the Guard had fewer in all categories than it did in 2001, before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. […]

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214909 Tue, 08 May 2007 00:05:56 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214909 My heart sure goes out to the people of Kansas. What a terrible storm....... My heart sure goes out to the people of Kansas.
What a terrible storm…….

]]> by: The Mahablog » A Little Damp http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214897 Mon, 07 May 2007 23:42:21 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214897 [...] Amanda at Think Progress posts more about the problem of responding to disasters, discussed in the last post: This morning on CNN, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) said that the state is missing vital National Guard equipment because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Usually the state has approximately 70-80 percent of its equipment at any given time, but it currently has just 40-50 percent. She added that these shortages “will just make it [recovery] that much slower.” … [...] […] Amanda at Think Progress posts more about the problem of responding to disasters, discussed in the last post: This morning on CNN, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) said that the state is missing vital National Guard equipment because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Usually the state has approximately 70-80 percent of its equipment at any given time, but it currently has just 40-50 percent. She added that these shortages “will just make it [recovery] that much slower.” … […]

]]> by: r4d20 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214893 Mon, 07 May 2007 23:25:40 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214893 <i>In other words, the war in Iraq is eroding our capability to respond to domestic emergencies, including terrorist attacks. </i> Dont you get it? We're fighting them over there so we DONT HAVE to fight them over here. The Rules clearly state that as long as we stay in Iraq they can't attack the US ... ... and if they do, well, we will just have to call them "cheaters!" and refuse to play anymore. In other words, the war in Iraq is eroding our capability to respond to domestic emergencies, including terrorist attacks.

Dont you get it? We’re fighting them over there so we DONT HAVE to fight them over here. The Rules clearly state that as long as we stay in Iraq they can’t attack the US … … and if they do, well, we will just have to call them “cheaters!” and refuse to play anymore.

]]> by: biggerbox http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214851 Mon, 07 May 2007 18:59:37 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214851 I have to say that it was a smart move of Her Majesty, coming from a country where the idea of doing away with the monarchy comes up frequently, to be seen in the company of Commander Guy and The Penguin. It certainly makes the idea of a hereditary Head of State seem more reasonable by comparison, if only to spare the nation embarrassment. It's true they did invent the concept of a mad King George, and we just copied it. Still, I'm plenty embarrassed. I have to say that it was a smart move of Her Majesty, coming from a country where the idea of doing away with the monarchy comes up frequently, to be seen in the company of Commander Guy and The Penguin. It certainly makes the idea of a hereditary Head of State seem more reasonable by comparison, if only to spare the nation embarrassment.

It’s true they did invent the concept of a mad King George, and we just copied it. Still, I’m plenty embarrassed.

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214848 Mon, 07 May 2007 18:34:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214848 I remember back in the days of Jimmy Carter's administration some comedian made a quip about his family ( remember MS. Lillian and Billy?) being a comic's dream. Enter the shrub..... On last night's Larry King Show, the Bush impersonator was on! WHAT A HOOT!!He nailed dubya to a "T". You can't make this shit up........Like Ann Richards said " George can't help it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth!" Sorry you're gone Annie............... I remember back in the days of Jimmy Carter’s administration some comedian made a quip about his family ( remember MS. Lillian and Billy?) being a comic’s dream.
Enter the shrub…..
On last night’s Larry King Show, the Bush impersonator was on!
WHAT A HOOT!!He nailed dubya to a “T”. You can’t make this shit up……..Like Ann Richards said ” George can’t help it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth!”
Sorry you’re gone Annie……………

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214846 Mon, 07 May 2007 18:22:04 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214846 Ray -- Yes, <a href="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/uk/news/article_1301337.php/Queen_Elizabeth_Bush_salute_shared_values_and_banter_a_bit__Roundup_">I see what you mean</a>. Liz is 81 years old and manages to get her lines right; Dubya has no excuse. Ray — Yes, I see what you mean. Liz is 81 years old and manages to get her lines right; Dubya has no excuse.

]]> by: Ray Dobson http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214845 Mon, 07 May 2007 18:18:14 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214845 Meanwhile, the King of Gaffes is insulting the Queen of England, hinting that she was alive in 1776 and that she is his mother. My god, every time that brainless chimp opens his mouth, I cringe. Meanwhile, the King of Gaffes is insulting the Queen of England, hinting that she was alive in 1776 and that she is his mother. My god, every time that brainless chimp opens his mouth, I cringe.

]]> by: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214830 Mon, 07 May 2007 17:30:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214830 I have tremendous sympathy for those people, no matter who they voted for. Sad to say, some lessons can only be learned the hard way. Maybe help from their governor will win them over to the light. I have tremendous sympathy for those people, no matter who they voted for. Sad to say, some lessons can only be learned the hard way. Maybe help from their governor will win them over to the light.

]]> by: Sunny http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214829 Mon, 07 May 2007 17:28:56 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/05/07/panic-where-panic-isnt-due/#comment-214829 Sister Toljah and Michelle Maklin must be devistated this was not a terrorist attack. They had to be ready to slam the Democrats and liberals for making our country weak so this could happen. I am sure Laura Ingraham will have a lot to say on this too. Sorry girls, not this time. But I am sure you will do everything you can to scare the hell out of everybody that "this could have been." Sister Toljah and Michelle Maklin must be devistated this was not a terrorist attack. They had to be ready to slam the Democrats and liberals for making our country weak so this could happen. I am sure Laura Ingraham will have a lot to say on this too. Sorry girls, not this time. But I am sure you will do everything you can to scare the hell out of everybody that “this could have been.”

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